Hi all,

A friend of mine is driving from Essex to Sheffield; he's planning to take
the route via the M25 (A12 to M1, i assume, so J28 to J21). No, he's not
the sharpest tool in the box, but this is to my advantage, since i want to
go to Sheffield with him. Therefore, i plan to rendezvous with him
somewhere on the M25; i will get there by train.

So, what's the easiest way to get from central London (Euston sort of
area) to somewhere where a car on the M25 can make a pickup? He could
probably be persuaded to make a quick dip inward if it would help.

The options i can see that make any sense are Brentwood (he could make a
detour off the A12 before joining the M25), Watford (he could detour down
from J21), maybe somewhere around Waltham Abbey, or Theydon Bois. I like
the sound of Watford, since (a) i can get a reasonably fast train there
and (b) i skip the actual M25 bit.

This should be on friday afternoon; hopefully well before rush-hour. If
it's not, i'll probably just get a train the whole way!

Thanks,
tom

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